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Universities take advantage of compatibility surveys for dorms

Spinnaker Mar 24, 2010
Compatibility surveys are used to help students find roommates with similar personality traits at colleges all across the country, but until there are definite statistics that prove these surveys actually work, UNF housing isn’t going to use them.
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Chief Dean: UPD to begin carrying Tasers in the next few weeks

Spinnaker Mar 24, 2010
The University Police Department will transition to the use of Tasers to further promote safety on campus. UPD Chief John Dean revealed the change at the Safety Council Committee meeting March 22 and said the Tasers act as a “less lethal force option.”
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Fired professor meets with UNF to plea for his job

Spinnaker Mar 24, 2010
Professor Tayeb Giuma, the electrical engineering professor who was recently fired for various misconduct issues, met with Provost Mark Workman March 15 for a predetermination conference to discuss details surrounding his termination notice.
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Study links low self-esteem with Greek life

Spinnaker Mar 24, 2010
A recent Chicago study found a link between an increased feeling of self-objectification and participation in the sorority rushing process and Greek life as a whole.
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On-campus bank intends to help students, faculty establish credit

Spinnaker Mar 24, 2010
Community First Credit Union at the Student Union became a full-service financial institution in fall 2009 and has grown since then, offering students cash handling services, a place to study and new opportunities to establish credit.
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SG Budget gets senate's stamp of approval

Spinnaker Mar 24, 2010
After a little more than a month of studious and at times contentious debate, the Student Government Senate approved the 2010-2011 fiscal year budget March 22.
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Senate President asks committee chair to step down, leave senate

Spinnaker Mar 24, 2010
Budget and Allocations Committee Chair and Sen. Kyle Nelson submitted his letter of resignation March 11 after Senate President Mack Volk asked him to step down from senate for conduct issues. However, Nelson is still running in the spring 2010 general elections for a general senate seat on the Red Party ticket.
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Tennis teams show Mercer what ‘love’ is

Spinnaker Mar 23, 2010
The UNF tennis teams brought their A-game to Macon, Ga., to defeat the Mercer University Bears with a close tournament for the men and a steal for the women.
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Golf team topples over larger schools, climb national rankings

Spinnaker Mar 23, 2010
The UNF golf team placed second out of 15 teams competing in the 31st annual Schenkel E-Z-Go Invitational, making them nationally ranked 23rd in the Golfweek/Sagarin performance index.
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Moon cuts swimming, diving program

Spinnaker Mar 23, 2010
When the UNF women’s swimming and diving team were informed of a Monday afternoon practice, the team assumed they would be swimming in the pool like normal. They dressed in their practice uniforms and swimming goggles.
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Ospreys go two for three against JU in Rivery City Rumble play

Spinnaker Mar 23, 2010
The UNF baseball team opened up A-Sun Conference play with a three-game series against cross-town rival Jacksonville University in the River City Rumble.
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Former tennis pro turned student serves up community service

Spinnaker Mar 23, 2010
With a little more than a decade removed from reaching the pinnacle of the tennis world, MaliVia “Mal” Washington isn’t resting on his laurels.
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